yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razz1:
Yes definitely was twrp. I just used cwm and booted just fine!

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tvall:
so what works?

I was informed you guys dont have anything higher than twrp2.6.3.0. my get a build of twrp out so people can flash this

edit: first attempt building twrp https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19978192/twrp2.6.3.3-d2vzw.img
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dmeadows013:
So what doesn't work in this?

Sent from my super awesome Nexus 7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razz1:
As of right now I see that WiFi won't turn on.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] incubus26jc:
No wifi and -100378504% battery noticed right off hand.

EDIT: Bootloop after 1 reboot. will see what logcat says
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dmeadows013:
Good to see you back Inc :)

WiFi isn't a huge issue since I never use it. Might give it a flash.

Sent from my super awesome Nexus 7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
If you have an issue please post a logcat
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
Do a logcat for the wifi and the boot loop. Doing a nandroid than trying for myself
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krazie1:
Thanks for this, will try after thing's get worked out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joedajoester:
Thank you so much! Im not ready to switch from twrp, so i might wait for that first, even though this is soo tempting, but i am also afraid of meid wipes, so i think i am going to hold off on this for a little bit. Thank you soo very much for this though!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
I dont think so as the bar looks integrated into the launcher

as the swipe left for google now dedicated page
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krazie1:
The external SD card is now seen but I can't install my twitter beta apk. I tried 3 apks and they say "parse error".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rixanu:
Tried flashing with TWRP-failed. Now TWRP is saying it is unable to wipe /system and I can't restore my nandroid. Where should I go from here? I'm worried about turning off my phone because last time a flash failed my phone hard bricked on me. Am I gonna have to break out odin?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] srs731:
I get failed on both TWRP and CWM. Not sure what gives. Has anyone else flashed the latest?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] elreydenj:
Has anyone reported that camera does not focus properly and that the photos are not crisp? Just curious as to if there is a workaround and I do not believe that i see it mentioned.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sspencer10:
Dude, don't f*ck this up for everyone, invisiblek is the main reason this is happening. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razz1:
Please read what has been posted....Don't use TWRP use CWM!!!!!!

I'm not singling you out as many have posted with the same issue.

Anyone had any luck with ART?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sspencer10:
What version on cwm?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
How to Flash this for dummies!!!

using rom manager in the play store

Update your CWM to 6.0.4.3

Then reboot into recovery

factory data reset in recovery

flash rom then gapps

profit

---------- Post added at 04:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:25 AM ----------

6.0.4.3 the latest one

easiest way to flash it is in rom manager the APP in the google play store

and it works perfectly if you already have CWM its a no risk update your backups still work if they were taken on CWM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rixanu:
I apologize-entirely my fault. I was a little too eager to try out 4.4. I just really hope I haven't screwed everything up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
Sorry if I had inconvienced you before with my op.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
He is here because I drug him here. He has a mako
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razz1:
Seriously no need to apologize. I'm sorry for your troubles. I have done things like this in the past.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blempka:
How is Bluetooth working for everyone on this build? It seems to connect fine for me but weirdest thing is everything sounds lower than it should. It plays normally over speaker but sounds strange over Bluetooth. Also considerable popping sounds as if listening to a record.

Anywho thanks for the build, didn't expect to see 4.4 so soon!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SovietKommando:
I got the same thing, even with the latest build. Apparently you need TWRP 2.6.3.1 in order to flash this rom properly? Currently only 2.6.3.0 is available as far as I can find.

Have yet to try CWM though, so I'm gonna try that next.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krazie1:
CWM Touch 6.0.4.3 worked perfectly for me when flashing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] invisiblek:
Its not like that at all. I just want to make sure people don't think that this is anything close to stable or official =)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tvall:
Nope. Wouldn't touch cdma with a 10ft pole. And I do not recall ever seeing a d2vzw. Only here because [MENTION=4247376]cammykool[/MENTION] was envious of my ability to rock some kitkat, so I threw together a cm11 build for him.

Currently using a nexus 4. wanting to get either the neo900, or just a Nokia n9.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddggttff3:
Well I hope to see you on the GSM side of the things in the near future, the Nexus 5 + T-Mobile are calling my name thanks to the local LTE rollout.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stiltzkin:
I've been running the latest build since shortly after it was posted...flashed with cwm 6.0.4.4 from the buildbot. Honestly everything has been phenomenal so far. Video playback works fine, camera seems to work fine (haven't done any quality comparisons or anything). Have not checked out Bluetooth or ART yet. Very responsive without any extra tweaks.

Thank you to everyone who made this possible.

And be nice to invisiblek, he has been making my phones awesome since my original Inc ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] emtownsend:
Install on CWM 6.0.4.3 went smoothly (just remember to wipe system too).

Thanks for the early look at 4.4!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
Can someone test art I have a plane to catch tomorrow and don't want to screw up my phone tonight
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
Okay! :). Still very stable IMHO
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gehzumteufel:
DON'T DO IT. It doesn't work with AOSP based stuff with Gapps installed. Lots and lots of force closes. I tried it. You need odexed Gapps if you want to use ART.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stiltzkin:
I just tested it a few minutes ago. It basically breaks everything...in fact it was quite difficult to dismiss all of the FC messages and get back to the runtime switcher.

I'd steer clear of ART for the time being.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
Doing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
Done
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] countryfolk07:
So basically to take full advantage of KitKat, we're going to need an Odex ROM? I haven't seen a custom Odex ROM since the OG Inc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gehzumteufel:
No you just need odexed gapps. Or that's what I read.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alershka:
This is more than likely an Apex Launcher issue but I get a force close when trying to change wallpapers from gallery pictures (com.android.wallpapercropper). There are lots of other ways to change wallpapers that do work (using the experience launcher or going into the gallery, changing them using the backgrounds hd app from the play store, changing via wallpapers in settings under display).

Just thought I'd mention it.

I will be testing bluetooth in an hour but other than that everything is working well. A few annoyances that I can live with include:

Notification and Ring volumes are linked in the volume panel however they are separate when set via profiles.

Minimal adjustable settings (pull down tiles, security pattern size, etc) versus 10.2.

No usb-otg

Can't change camera photo storage location to sdcard.

Overall, I have no plans to go back. This is stable enough for me to use (assuming bluetooth is working fine with my head unit).

Thanks everyone who contributed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnwaco:
I am getting reboots when trying to delete pictures from sd card through gallery. Pictures also not super clear. No issues with anything else so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
I read the same thing. I tried it on my N7 4.4 ROM and it was b*tch to change it back to dalvik.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] boldfilter:
Pretty awesome
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
I heard the conversion times switching between both can take a considerable amount of time. PA has a odex'ed full package for GApps that can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942&page=73
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jwthompson:
http://d-h.st/hSL Art compatible Gapps. I haven't had the time to test these.....all thanks goes to [MENTION=4112553]dhacker29[/MENTION]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 99_ls1_z28:
Ive tried ART with PA Gapps and it just force closes everything. The PA Gapps supposed to be Odexed but still didn't work on my S3. Now on my N7, ART worked flawlessly with the PA gapps..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
I used the PS's odex GApps and I have ART running on this build and have not seen any FC's as of yet. I just flashed the odex'ed GApps, then selected ART and rebooted. It took a while for all the apps to optimize.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidhudi:
Where can i get these Gapps bro?

thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HandsomeOne:
PA-Gapps-ODEX
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razz1:
FYI... RE-odexing system apps isn't enough to make ART work. At least it didn't for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Eyalkn:
Sorry for diverting you all from art but did any of you try to restore messages? I tried through Verizon messages and through TiBu and the messages don't show up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
I tried too but got the same results. My guess is that there were changes behind the scenes to the SMS app where the data is not getting restored properly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Eyalkn:
Will try to restore them directly from the Verizon server instead of the SD card
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zetsumeikuro:
Used these GAPPS and ART was initialized perfectly for me.

Edit: scratch it get a bunch of apps fcing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThaSik1:
Those gapps worked for me as well but I still get random calendar storage and gallery FC's. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wh1t3Rose:
[/COLOR]

Oh snap I didn't know man. I'm sorry. I thought you were some guy coming to troll (guess that was me!) I didn't know you were the device maintainer. Again I'm sorry! I very much respect what you do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cornelious1212:
Anyone else not have emoticons in the Hangouts app?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nickhex89:
How bout we all just stop the kiddy attitudes and act like adults here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nickhex89:
This happens when trying to install apk from ext. SD card. Works fine when installing apk's from internal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zetsumeikuro:
They are still "there" but they don't display for our builds atm. Same issue on d2att builds as well.

I just used the Odex PA Gapps with a fresh install setup my Google account selected ART and all is well no FC's now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rsmiff:
I used SMS backup and restore, free in the market, it says something about the restoring app needing to be the default SMS app for the restore. Use it to restore and then set the default app back to what you want. Messages are there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThaSik1:
I prolly should've clean installed like you did from the get-go but I got lazy lol Once I actually get some battery back, I'll clean flash and see if I get the same results as you :p Appreciate it man!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JagXK8:
Looks like i'm the oddball, my Ext SD says total space 0.00B/Available 0.00B. Tried unmounting, removing and rebooting but no change. I have a sandisk ultra 64GB.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alershka:
It seems that on 4.4 the only apps that can restore are apps that are able to become the default sms app. Sms backup and restore can, you just have to switch back to messaging or hangouts when done.

I did not try a nandroid restore of messages via TiBU but I assume it would fail also.

---------- Post added at 04:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:02 PM ----------

Bluetooth connected fine for me. No volume issues. However, I am back to the issues from the beginnings of 10.2 with bluetooth turning back on after I turn it off. I need to force close bluetooth sharing in apps to get it to stay off.

It seems that many of the recent updates for the S3 in 10.2 were reverted back to several months ago when things were rolled to CM11.

Nevertheless, I dealt with this when they were official nightlies, I'll deal with them again just to be on the bleeding edge.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nickhex89:
That could be the issue (SD card size). If I remember correctly I believe a 64 GB card requires exfat support or something like that, not sure.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JagXK8:
Thanks for responding. I believe it's formatted as exfat. I'm coming from CM 10.2. I just put in a 32GB card and it's doing the same thing. I might just reflash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nickhex89:
Also, is there an option yet to change the softkey backlight timeout (if so haven't found it). And a way center the wallpaper on one screen seems to be offset when having one homescreen.

---------- Post added at 04:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:14 PM ----------

Prob would be the best option cause I have a 32gb card and works fine for the most part. All I can recommend is just follow the wiping instructions and flash instructions. That's what I did and works fine. I'm using latest CWM recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] razz1:
Don't get too excited about ART yet. It breaks root right now.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DGolom:
Was the ability to mark text messages as read from the notification drawer a CM feature or a JB feature? Because that doesn't seem to be working/available here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XRaptor29:
Can I request the OP to put latest build date on the thread name? It will make it easier to know when the Rom has been updated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] insanulous:
That was a feature of the messages app. Google hasn't enabled that feature in hangouts yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DGolom:
I could understand that but I am not using Hangouts. I am still using the Messaging app. Why would they disable that function? I am sure one of these genius ROM developers will build it back in soon but I am jonesin' for that feature.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
Since I have been running this build, yesterday evening, everytime I go back to the homescreen it reloads. It's not a big deal but it takes a second or two to reload. Has anyone else seen this or know of a fix?

P.S. I am using TSF Shell Launcher, if it matters.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dwibbles33:
My front facing camera just worked. It rebooted my phone the first time I tried it but now it's fine works perfectly. I was in an app and it started the camera... Weird
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JagXK8:
Ok i formatted my 32GB to FAT32 and it's working now. Going to try that with my 64GB.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phoenixaldana01:
Thanks to all that help to get this ROM to us running great only front camera not working who care. I installed all my apps form ext with TB with no problem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zetsumeikuro:
No problem bro. Good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Stock launcher is working perfectly no reloads
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jayjr1105:
So I'm assuming this isn't "daily driver" ready yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] emtownsend:
Can I run the CM nightlies under settings? I'd hate to assume and ruin my install... Cm-10.2-20131111 is available.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThaSik1:
.....Please don't flash that nightly....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jayjr1105:
This is CM11 so that would be moving you backwards, but in other words, no. That would probably break things
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kude87:
I've been basically checking this thread every free second I have. The community continues to amaze me. This is simply awesome.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
its daily driver ready i running this 3 days now no force closes or random reboots

*Minor bug found*

Small lag on google play music while on the album cover and dragging notification down

seems to be only visible on google play music
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mattish13:
Thank you and great work here! Sounds like there is a lot of success with using this as a daily driver. Is battery life comparable to cm10.2?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] richielasalsa:
Root

does this build have root built within or i need to Manuel root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Better than CM10.2

first install might be rugged with battery life but after 1 day after installing and rebooting 2-3 times battery is better

Android 4.4 is a win thanks google!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] richielasalsa:
i got a status 7 when installing? is that a known issue cwm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
For the outside trolls that are reading this thread, let me expose your continuing ignorance of a proper development process and maybe remove your misplaced anger.

I and others been following 4.4 development for the d2 family. I've seen only two groups of people working on 4.4 for these phones.

The independent devs on XDA like cammy and jetx2x (Sprint build) who built it from scratch using a mixture of CAF git trees, a bringing up of the existing d2 CM and MSM trees on github, and custom manifests. These people usually get credit since they are a part of the visible web. But they aren't necessarily the first ones with half-working builds. Maybe they have a component working that others don't. I recall jetx2x was on the right track with getting sdcard to work.. The point is that they willingly share and don't keep it to themselves. They're good people.

The second group of people is on IRC. A place where people can chat, collaborate. and share code in real time. It's not a part of the visible web and what people don't see they assume doesn't exist. These are maintainers, upstream committers, and crack flashers. These are the people that make CM-derived roms and even roms that people claim to use minimal to zero CM code possible (hint: they still use d2 device trees or forks no matter what). They've been working hard over the past week to prepare the CM11 trees that the independent devs have been using. For example, invisiblek had a build up on the 8th.

But this isn't a race like others might lead you to believe. It's a question of who you trust to get your fix. The indie guy who does builds for fun and others, or the maintainership-oriented guys like invisiblek, noobnl, aprosamurai, aeroevan, mastamoon, etc who all worked together to squash bugs and cherrypick fixes at a breakneck pace.

There's no hijacking of independent code to incorporate it into CM.

Would you guys like to see what collaboration breeds? Here's the Google Doc the IRC folks and maintainers put together to help themselves and others get d2 and similar devices working properly.

Remember jetx2x? He almost fainted when he came on IRC saw that. Now his builds are less buggy and he's happy as hell.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] elreydenj:
Camera is also very poor image quality and seems to have an issue with the focus. Other than that, it is pretty stable so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
Update your CWM to the latest version which is 6.0.4.3 you can update easily with rom manager
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sspencer10:
I've been compiling the ROM posted here and that is the exact document I've been using and is what makes this possible. Please people, make sure you give these devs the credit they desirve!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markdapimp:
it has root already build in
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sspencer10:
The OP should be updated to say that the latest ClockworkMod Recovery should be used to flash this so we stop getting "I got a status 7 error" questions
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tvall:
Been telling cammy that since he first mentioned posting my build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cynikalJ:
Forward camera reboots the phone and don't try ART. I changed to ART and my phone blew up. After I rebooted every single app on my phone repeatedly crashed. I had to wipe and reflash so I went back to carbon :/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] richielasalsa:
can i get a flashable zip of the cwm version 6.0.4.3 clockwork mod site doesnt have a flashable zip has only the img
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bmatty14:
Persistent Search

Anyone know how to get the persistent search bar to go away? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] emtownsend:
Yeah, the standard camera crashes my phone if I try to go to view the picture immediately after taking it. Force closed and did not reboot and it ate my battery within a half hour.. LOL Oh well, to be on the cutting edge...! Rebooted phone and all OK at the moment.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
ART works. Don't let anyone say otherwise.

You need odexed gapps.

https://mega.co.nz/#!rVJGXTKY!CwnZ9_LxTZnwp3cW6tI8wB7l7GfZoe-LXYx3WMUe0Ao

Courtesy of the Paranoid Android guys and Tom Nadler
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cynikalJ:
Install rom manager and flash it that way. Its the easiest way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] emtownsend:
** Never mind ** I mistakenly questioned about an older build...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] richielasalsa:
cannot my phone is soft bricked because of the bad flash so i need a flash able zip of the cwm recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] emtownsend:
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

Scroll down to the Samsung Galaxy S3 Verizon...

Hold on, that is an IMG. Maybe I can post one up for you on my Box acct...

Try this on my copy.com account:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Eyalkn:
Is root working for you (SU)?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
Yes. Root works with my 11/10 build by zachf714. But not all builds floating around seem to have done it properly.

Yesterday, I flashed a build that had a su binary and Superuser, but all root calls were being rejected automatically.

New builds should be fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rsmiff:
Root was broken for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] richielasalsa:
thank you i am trying this now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Eyalkn:
Root did work when I flshed the rom from the OP but when I changed to ART it broke it. I am on the odex gapps but not the PA ones, would it make any difference to root if I try the PA one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joedajoester:
I flashed a recovery for a different phone, and my phone booted up to download mode lol. I used Odin and flashed a correct cwm recovery (IMG I believe, or .tar? All was good afterwards.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
They're the same thing. It's just odexed 0-day gapps. PA does these kinds of things as a service and alternative to outdated goo.im gapps.

Btw, if you are updating recovery images, the custom flash in EZ Recovery is still the best way to safely do it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mmmeff.ez&hl=en

ROM Manager doesn't let you install CWM Touch for free even though the img is on the website.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Eyalkn:
I use the flashify app (Free) to flash recovery img files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] richielasalsa:
i flashed tthe recovery i am now in kitkat thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
Whoa... Flashify is awesome.

You can flash a raw boot.img with this. Wow.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HandsomeOne:
Is anyone having problems with data handoffs ie: wifi back to 3g or 1x. I Sometimes have no data at all ? Just like 10.2 problems until noobnl did somes picks. ??? Thanks